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25.000.000 Rupiah
| Issuer | Treasury, Kabupaten Labuhan Batu (Rantau Prapat) |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 25.000.000 Rupiah |
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| Obverse description | Uniface emergency issue bon printed in red on plain paper, with the heading 'REPUBLIT INDONESIA' and 'Srap. I' at upper centre. The central vignette carries the bold letterpress inscription 'DUA PULUH LIMA MILLION RUPIAH' within a simple decorative border with ornamental corner devices. The denomination 'f25000000' appears twice in the lower corners flanking the word 'BON', with 'KABUPATEN LABUHAN' printed below and a large circular official stamp at lower right bearing the serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIT INDONESIA Srap. I DUA PULUH LIMA MILLION RUPIAH BON f25000000 KABUPATEN LABUHAN Keuangan |
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Kabupaten Labuhan Batu was one of dozens of regional Indonesian authorities that issued their own emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution, when the Dutch blockade and the general collapse of centralized supply lines made Jakarta-issued notes unreliable or simply unavailable in the interior of Sumatra. These regional treasury notes — often called "ORI daerah" to distinguish them from the central Bank Indonesia emissions — were authorized locally and backed by little more than administrative resolve.
The perforated serial number is characteristic of notes produced under extremely limited technical conditions; a hand perforator standing in for a proper numbering machine. The denomination itself reflects the severe inflation gripping Republican-held territories by 1948.